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Twinings Super Blends review

Twinings Super Blends review

A long standing love affair with tea A few years ago I discovered with a fair amount of surprise that for years I had been pronouncing the name of my favourite tea brand wrongly. Indeed, insteading ‘tuinings’, Twinings is pronounced ‘tuainings’.  The fact I had been so wrong about it did not deter me from continuing to be a fan of their products, particularly the classic Earl Grey and their patent, beautiful Lady Gray which I am gutted they now…

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A recipe – Cardamom, coffee and cashew nuts biscuits

A recipe – Cardamom, coffee and cashew nuts biscuits

Warm spices, rich flavours I love spices but I don’t use them as enough as I would like to. Especially in cakes and bakes. Recently I came across a recipe for cashew nuts and cardamom biscuits which caught my eye; it took me a couple of weeks to actually find the time to bake them, but I am glad I did! Apparently this is a type of biscuit popular in India, and it wouldn’t surprise me, given the use of…

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Afternoon tea tasting at Piacha, Islington

Afternoon tea tasting at Piacha, Islington

Tea & me I love tea, and I drink at least a cup each day, but despite having a cupboard full of loose leaf blends of many variety (from Mauritian vanilla black tea to the White Duke from Bellocq, from dried garden mint leaves to Twinings patent Lady Grey) I am quite boring when it comes to brewing and follow tradition, picking my favourite Earl Grey 99% of the times. Beautiful, properly brewed big cups of tea that are paired…

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Surrealist Afternoon Tea at Sotheby’s

Surrealist Afternoon Tea at Sotheby’s

Life is happening…welcome Amber! I have not blogged for a while but with the near year, something new came into our life – a pooch. Since early January Amber has made us laugh and had made us loose sleep. Days have gone by without realising it, between vet visits, health scare, poop scooping and pipi training.  So it’s nearly mid February and I find myself finally getting to the blog again with something that I really enjoyed last Sunday, with…

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Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at the Sanderson – Style over Substance

Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at the Sanderson – Style over Substance

When you spend 50 quid on food and drinks and come home hungry, something is not quite right. As I munch on crackers and rapeseed mayo (delicious) I reflect on the evening events which saw me experiencing the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party at posh London hotel the Sanderson.  As a wannabe foodie, I cannot help but feel the urge to blog about the soiree, partly food related but generally, to write yet another ‘grumpy old woman’ account of a hit…

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